A tax cut on domestic flights is plane mad – here’s what we need instead
1 year, 8 months ago

A tax cut on domestic flights is plane mad – here’s what we need instead

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The tax cut is a huge boon for the UK’s aviation lobby; a confidence boost they could do without. Higher flight taxes for some benefit everyone Make no mistake, this cut isn’t about giving ordinary people a fairer deal. It’s called Jet Zero and it commits UK domestic aviation to net zero by 2040, heralding a future of ‘guilt-free’ flying. Meeting existing UK aviation demand alone using energy crops would require roughly half the nation’s agricultural land.

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EasyJet to cut UK flights following air tax rise
3 weeks, 4 days ago

EasyJet to cut UK flights following air tax rise

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Easyjet is set to cut domestic flights following the government’s decision to increase air passenger duty. …

Ryanair ‘worried for UK’ as it tells airports to slash fees or lose flights
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ryanair ‘worried for UK’ as it tells airports to slash fees or lose flights

The Telegraph  

Ryanair said UK airports must slash landing fees to hang on to flights after Rachel Reeves hiked airline departure taxes in the Budget. Finance chief Neil Sorahan said the airline will hold negotiations with airports in the coming months, with those that fail to reduce their charges sufficiently set to lose services. While flights from Ryanair’s biggest base at Stansted …

Ryanair blames Reeves’s ‘idiotic’ tax grab as it cuts thousands of flights
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ryanair blames Reeves’s ‘idiotic’ tax grab as it cuts thousands of flights

The Telegraph  

Ryanair is to cut thousands of UK flights as its chief executive blamed an “idiotic” tax grab by Rachel Reeves. Michael O’Leary, the Ryanair chief executive, accused the Chancellor of a short-sighted tax grab he said demonstrated that she “has no clue how to deliver growth in the UK economy”. He added: “Reeves has damaged the UK’s growth prospects and …

Labour plots a tax raid on your holidays with stealth levy on air fares set to be announced in upcoming Budget cash grab
2 months ago

Labour plots a tax raid on your holidays with stealth levy on air fares set to be announced in upcoming Budget cash grab

Daily Mail  

Millions of families face a tax raid on their holidays as part of Rachel Reeves's Budget cash grab. As it emerged yesterday that the Chancellor is planning to freeze income tax thresholds for longer, inflation-busting hikes in Air Passenger Duty – a stealth levy on air fares known as the 'holiday tax' – are also set to be announced in …

Business class airfare duty could rise to pay for Budget tax cuts
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Business class airfare duty could rise to pay for Budget tax cuts

The Telegraph  

Mr Hunt told Sky News: “It’s going to be a prudent and responsible Budget for long term growth. “So in the long run, we need to move back to being a lower taxed, more lightly regulated economy, but it would be deeply unconservative to cut taxes in a way that increased borrowing.” The measures under consideration targeting the wealthy have …

Flight tax cut sparks surge in new UK domestic flights
1 year, 8 months ago

Flight tax cut sparks surge in new UK domestic flights

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet with the surge of post-lockdown demand unabated, this year will see 150 new and restored air routes both from …

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